William Keighley

Directing

William Keighley

Born August 4, 1889 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA41 credits

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Jackson Keighley  (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director. After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the U.S. Army Signal Corp's motion picture unit. He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Keighley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Filmography

Rocky Mountain
1950Rocky Mountain
DirectorMovie
Rebecca
1950Rebecca
DirectorMovie
Honeymoon
1947Honeymoon
DirectorMovie
Four Mothers
1941Four Mothers
DirectorMovie
Torrid Zone
1940Torrid Zone
DirectorMovie
Each Dawn I Die
1939Each Dawn I Die
DirectorMovie
Brother Rat
1938Brother Rat
DirectorMovie
Varsity Show
1937Varsity Show
DirectorMovie
The Singing Kid
1936The Singing Kid
DirectorMovie
Special Agent
1935Special Agent
DirectorMovie
'G' Men
1935'G' Men
DirectorMovie
Mary Jane's Pa
1935Mary Jane's Pa
DirectorMovie
Babbitt
1934Babbitt
DirectorMovie
Dr. Monica
1934Dr. Monica
DirectorMovie
Easy to Love
1934Easy to Love
DirectorMovie
Ladies They Talk About
1933Ladies They Talk About
as Man Getting a Shoeshine (uncredited)Movie
The Match King
1932The Match King
DirectorMovie
Resurrection
1931Resurrection
as Captain SchoenbockMovie